Jim Quinn BSc FIMechE releases 'The White Tornado'

Jim Quinn BSc FIMechE wanted to record the story of his professional career for friends and for posterity. It prompted him to write "The White Tornado" (published by Xlibris UK), a memoir that covers his employment at Rolls-Royce and his other interests. Readers who may want to know more may visit https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Tornado-Jim-Quinn/dp/1543489710.

This is the inside story of the man who was known as "The White Tornado" in Rolls-Royce Bristol aero engines. He outlines the work he and others carried out over 21 years during the early concept, development and service stages of the Panavia Tornado engines. He went on to project manage Rolls-Royce's first production single-crystal turbine blades and then worked on control systems for several years, describing these works as the story proceeds.

A whistle-blower, Quinn enjoyed Gilbert and Sullivan, hang gliding and motor sport. He eventually left Rolls-Royce to work with several charities over 21 years locally, particularly Headway and Remap, where he describes his experience as an inventive carer of disabled people of all sorts. Many years were spent maintaining and renovating local church turret clocks for free and some of this is reported in the book.

As a humanist, Quinn has experience of and interest in many things. The book contains a variety of challenging thoughts, including the nature of biological evolution (extraterrestrials too), a proposal to reverse engineer formal methods software, a proposal for a suitable U.K. Constitution because for him, nobody knows the hidden one, many other proposals for government and thoughts about the European Union and nuclear weapons.

Quinn hopes that his story will stimulate readers' curiosity and educate them about the various topics he discussed in the book.

"The White Tornado"
By Jim Quinn BSc FIMechE
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 282 pages | ISBN 9781543489705
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 282 pages | ISBN 9781543489712
E-Book | 282 pages | ISBN 9781543489729
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Jim Quinn BSc FIMechE is a professional engineer. As a specialist manager, he has a background in project concepts, budgetary control, customer support, organization, software, control systems and auditing. He worked on the early concept, development and service stages of the Panavia Tornado engines. He also worked with several charities, particularly Headway and Remap, where he was an inventive carer of disabled people. He was a successful experienced motor sport competitor and organizer from 1980 to 1993. He was a clerk of course on 11 occasions and results chief on eight occasions, having been an organizer on 24 occasions. He received a congratulations letter from The Avon and Somerset chief constable in 1983 for the good organization of the October 1983 Orion Road Rally across the Brendon Hills in Somerset. He also finished third in the Welsh Historic Rally Championship in 1991 as a driver in his Austin Healey 3000.

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